Updated review: As of Chapter 75, I have dropped this novel. The main reason why I dropped this is because of its repetitiveness. I thought that this wouldn't suffer from one of the biggest issues of Chinese novels, which is plot repetition, but it unfortunately does. The plot moves so fast that the author ran out of ideas on how to make the story interesting.
In my old review, I said that its cliche subversion tactic was the one preventing it to be the same formulaic trashy Chinese novel. Unfortunately, this subversion tactic gets repeated over and over again. And it's not like there's any variation to the tactic, it's just the same type of subversion repeatedly done over and over, making the story very predictable.
Overall, my current rating for this novel would be 2/5. And also, my previous recommendation was neutral, but now it's a not recommended one.
Old review: I am someone who views a lot of Chinese novel cliches such as face-slapping, courting death, bragging one's status, & etc., to be incredibly stupid. So seeing this novel's writing of subverting the readers' expectations by doing the opposite of those cliches to a certain extent, is still pretty stupid to me.
Now, I'm not saying that this is a bad novel. But for a person like me who hates those kinds of cliches and tropes, the subversion tactic is at best a decent attempt to not be trashy. Nonetheless, the novel is interesting enough for me to still read. This is purely because my nitpicks are mostly about the Chinese novel cliches, which Chinese novel fans probably like.
Lastly, I'm still wondering why this has a comedy tag. I don't know if it's because of jokes not translating well in text form, but I hardly see any joke or humorous undertone in this novel. And on the rare chance that I got to see them, they're not funny at all. Can someone tell me if it's the same case for other readers?
Anyway, I'd give this novel a solid 3/5. A decent read if you're bored.
Updated review: As of Chapter 75, I have dropped this novel. The main reason why I dropped this is because of its repetitiveness. I thought that this wouldn't suffer from one of the biggest issues of Chinese novels, which is plot repetition, but it unfortunately does. The plot moves so fast that the author ran out of ideas on how to make the story interesting.
In my old review, I said that its cliche subversion tactic was the one preventing it to be the same formulaic trashy Chinese novel. Unfortunately, this subversion tactic gets repeated over and over again. And it's not like there's any variation to the tactic, it's just the same type of subversion repeatedly done over and over, making the story very predictable.
Overall, my current rating for this novel would be 2/5. And also, my previous recommendation was neutral, but now it's a not recommended one.
Old review: I am someone who views a lot of Chinese novel cliches such as face-slapping, courting death, bragging one's status, & etc., to be incredibly stupid. So seeing this novel's writing of subverting the readers' expectations by doing the opposite of those cliches to a certain extent, is still pretty stupid to me.
Now, I'm not saying that this is a bad novel. But for a person like me who hates those kinds of cliches and tropes, the subversion tactic is at best a decent attempt to not be trashy. Nonetheless, the novel is interesting enough for me to still read. This is purely because my nitpicks are mostly about the Chinese novel cliches, which Chinese novel fans probably like.
Lastly, I'm still wondering why this has a comedy tag. I don't know if it's because of jokes not translating well in text form, but I hardly see any joke or humorous undertone in this novel. And on the rare chance that I got to see them, they're not funny at all. Can someone tell me if it's the same case for other readers?
Anyway, I'd give this novel a solid 3/5. A decent read if you're bored.
